March 3, 2008
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Monday, March 3
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at SCAVMA
store, 5:15-6:00 pm
Tuesday, March 4
• VBMA meeting, M298, 12:00-1:00
• CVM: Liz James, “Plumb Island”,
M102, 12:00-1:00
• Diversity 101 Workshop with Terryl
Ross, M102, 3:00-6:00
Wednesday, March 5
• Class of 2011 meeting, M208 12:00-
Successful Food Drive at College of
Veterinary Medicine
Kudos go to Carol Colton and Lisa Maxwell for
a job well done. They led the College of
Veterinary Medicine to its largest annual
donation to date of food and dollars for the
Annual OSU Food Drive. The grand total
came to $2,353.50! Far
more than has been raised
in any previous year. The
Linn Benton Food Share
can purchase six pounds of
food with every dollar they
are given. Adding that to
the 350 lbs of donated food,
that translates into a
whopping 14,471 lbs!
That’s well over seven tons
of food that will be used to
help feed families in our
own community.
Kudos also to Steve Lehto who lent half of his beard and mustache to a fund raising effort
for this year’s Food Drive. The dollars donated for the Lehto Challenge was $987, that’s
42% of the total cash donated!
And a few words from food drive coordinators Carol and Lisa,
“CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!”
1:00
• Ag Animal Club: Dr. Villarroel, “Tale
of a Food Animal Investigation”,
M102, 12:00-1:00
• CVF Soup Sale, M Lobby, 12:00-
12:30
Thursday, March 6
• Bayer Talk: “Feline De-wormer
Product”, M102, 12:00-1:00
• Pet Day Inventory Committee
meeting M200, 12:00-1:30
• CVF meeting, M298, 12:00-1:00
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at SCAVMA
store, 12:00-12:45
• Academy of Rural Veterinarians,
Pet Day and Open House Planning in Full Swing
Second year co-chairs Jen Buchanan and Christine Gustin, and first year co-chairs Kristy
Headings and Ryan Scholz report that this year’s Pet Day and Open House is on track to be
a successful event. Committees of first and second year students are busy organizing
activities such as pony rides, petting zoo, dog agility trials, pet photo contest, “you be the
vet” and “wonders of anatomy” stations, fun run, kids zone, contests, tours, and food booths.
An opening celebration and tours of the new large animal services facilities will also take
place the morning of Pet Day. Registration forms have been sent out and are being returned
confirming booths, demonstrations and donations from the community. The registration
deadline is March 21 to have booth space at the May 3 event.
In keeping with the theme of promoting the veterinary profession, the co-chairs are
encouraging faculty and staff participation by signing up to help with tours, give short
seminars or demonstrations, display research posters or volunteer to assist with activities
(Calls for dunk tank volunteers will be coming soon!). If you have ideas for Pet Day and
Open House or would like to volunteer, please contact the co-chairs using their group email:
“Pet Day Co Chairs” (petdaycochairs@gmail.com) .
M102, 5:30-8:30, talk starts at 6:00
Oregon Veterinary Conference
Friday, March 7
• Large Animal Grand Rounds, M202,
9:00-10:30
• Oncology Journal Club, M113, 9:00-
11:00
• AAEP meeting, M102, 12:00-1:00
• VBMA Club meeting, M113, 5:30-
6:30
Monday, March 10
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at SCAVMA
store, 5:15-6:00
Friday, March 7 is the start of the annual Oregon
Veterinary Conference, held on the OSU campus.
Glenn Kolb, executive director of the OVMA,
reported that registrations are up to 340
veterinarians and students, 320 technicians and
managers, 90 industry representatives and 21
speakers. Faculty members are welcome to drop in
to the Friday night reception and can attend
sessions as space allows. Saturday the College will host a reception and tours for
attendees of the conference to give a preview of the expanded Veterinary Teaching
Hospital facilities in large animal and diagnostic services. The reception begins at 5 p.m.
Faculty are encouraged to attend and help host attendees. Student tour guides are also
needed. Please inform the Dean’s Office if you can help with this reception.
Tuesday, March 11
• CVM: presentations by students who
attended the trip to the Centers for
Disease Control, M102, 12:00-1:00
Willamette Valley Llama Foundation Banquet and Stud Service Auction
The 20th annual Willamette Valley Llama Foundation
Banquet and Stud Service Auction will be Saturday, March 8,
2008 at the Wilsonville Holiday Inn. The social hour and silent
auction begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 7:00 p.m. This
event is a fund raiser for camelid research and the more than
$406,000 raised over the last 20 years has been used
primarily to support research at Oregon State University's
College of Veterinary Medicine. The College has benefited
greatly from the WVLF and studies funded by this group have
provided important new knowledge in the field of camelid
medicine and surgery. The cost is $32. Reservation forms
and more information can be found at: www.wvlf.net.
Wednesday, March 12
• ZWE Soup Sale, M Lobby, 12:00-
12:30
• AAEP Rounds 12:15-1:00
• VBMA Club Meeting, “Financial
Pyramid Presentation”, M 102,
12:00-1:00
• Pre Vet Club, M102 7:00-8:00
Thursday, March 13
• Hill’s presentation: Nutrition
discussion by Barry Watson, M102,
12:00-1:00
• CVF, M298, 12:00-1:00
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at SCAVMA
New Employees
store, 12:00-12:45
Friday, March 14
Oncology Faculty Research Assistant
• Large Animal Grand Rounds, M202,
Dr. Kevin Marley
9:00-10:30
Dr. Marley received his Masters degree in exercise physiology from
California State University-Sacramento and his Ph.D. in muscle
physiology from OSU. For the last three years he has been working as a
postdoctoral research associate using proteomics to study cardiac aging
and bone physiology. He is married to a veterinarian (Dr. Rosenlicht) and
they have a wonderful nine year old boy named Jesse. Dr. Marley has
successfully limited the number of pets in the household to one large
dog, two cats, one guinea pig and three water-filled containers with some
number of fish and frogs in them. When not thinking about science or
any of the above mentioned things/beings, Dr. Marley sometimes thinks
about weight training, ceramics, skiing, boating, bike riding and or kinetic
sculpture racing. He also spends some time thinking about nothing.
• Oncology Journal Club, M113, 9:00-
11:00
• Fort Dodge presentation, Practice
Management and lunch Yr 3 only,
M102 12:00-1:00
Large Animal Hospital Reception
Anya Corbitt
March Diversity Workshops
at the College of Veterinary
Medicine
Diversity 101 Workshop
presented by Terryl Ross
Tuesday, March 4, 3:00 pm
Magruder 102
faculty, staff and students
Anya has previously worked in Wood Science & Engineering in the
College of Forestry and the History Department in the College of Liberal
Arts.
Her family moved to Albany when she was two, so she’s almost a
native Oregonian! She started working in Large Animal Hospital
Reception on January 28, 2008. “I am responsible for scheduling
appointments, admitting and discharging patients, billing, and a lot of
other things I’m still learning!”
Away from work, Anya spends a lot of time volunteering in a variety of
capacities for Albany Civic Theater, the community theater in Albany,
where she’s also on the Board of Directors. She also belongs to a
singing group with OSU Director of Athletic Bands, Dr. Brad Townsend, called Puttin’
on the Bitz. Anya is also involved with the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), a
renaissance reenactment group.
Interim Lobby Receptionist
Issues of difference, power, and
privilege
presented by Susan Shaw
Monday, March 17, 3:00 pm
Magruder 102
faculty and staff
Lindy Young
Lindy Young has joined the staff of the Dean’s Office as the interim
Lobby Receptionist. She is the first person to greet you as you enter
Magruder Hall. She has plenty of experience, having had registration
duties at the LBCC for more than three years. She also has experience
in the veterinary field, having been a licensed technician for more than
16 years.
Refreshments will be served.
Lindy grew up in South Africa and worked in the research lab at
Onderstepoort, Dean Clarke’s Alma Mata. She has lived in western
Oregon almost 30 years. Lindy is married and has three married
children and three grandchildren. Her interests cover a wide range
including natural sciences, travel, music, reading, gardening, animals
(of course), family and Dirk her German shepherd.
If you need a question answered, need a parking pass, or need to find something lost, ask
Lindy. She will enjoy meeting you and helping you out.
Oncology Intern
Dr. Elaine Degrandpre
Elaine Degrandpre was born in Montreal (you may notice her fancy French accent at times).
After working as an emergency paramedic in Ottawa and Montreal in the 80s, she decided
to join the Canadian army and became a military officer. She served her country for many
years and did two UN missions in Africa. She developed an interest in living forensics and
after completing a science degree at the University of Alberta, started working as a forensic
examiner in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. In 1998, she became the director of a
specialized team of sexual assault examiners working in association with the Royal
Canadian Mountain Police and the Edmonton Police Service. She became known for her
dark sense of humor, her love of criminal defense lawyers and her cynical view of the
Canadian "justice" system. In 2004, she was accepted at St. George's University in
veterinary medicine to pursuit her life long dream of becoming a veterinarian (she is a late
bloomer). She is now joining the OSU oncology department as an oncology intern. Elaine
loves hiking, camping, riding motorcycles, Italian opera and cooking. She believes that life is
too short not to drink wine daily. The love of her life is a nine year old, long eared, black
haired spaniel cross adopted from the SPCA.